Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Test Positive for Coronavirus, Encourage People to “Take Care of Yourselves!”

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson are the first celebrities to publicly announce they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Hanks and Wilson, both 63 years old, broke the news on Instagram Wednesday. The couple was in Australia shooting Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley film at the time.

Hanks shared that their symptoms were tiredness, body aches, fever, and chills—indicative of what they thought was a cold.

“To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive,” wrote the actor.

 

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Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves! Hanx!

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Hanks, who earlier explained that he has Diabetes 2, is at higher risk of complications associated with the virus. The couple is also over 60, putting them in an at-risk age group.

Maintaining a straightforward tone rather than one of panic, the 63-year-old explained they would take necessary precautions and take things “one day at a time.”